Only Connect . The less said about Grahams teams performance in the first three rounds the better....and why did only two of his team perform .
So nearly made a miracle recovery in the final round though.

Surprised no posts about Haemangioma being on the show last week, just catching up! The intro mentioned our Rach as an alumna of Oriel College, Oxford as well. Not quite a quattrocento but 150 is a decent score and nice to see Eoin smiling and enjoying the experience as well .

Adam Gillard wrote:Weird question in University Challenge stated "To the nearest factor of 10", where the eventual answer was 80. That's a multiple of 10 and not a factor unless they've changed maths again?

It's the question-setter's fault, undoubtedly, but have you noticed that Paxman almost seems to take a pride in his complete ignorance of maths and science of all types? It's really weird and makes him look like a real tool, especially when he's castigating some astrophysicist on her mispronunciation of the name of some obscure 19th Century poet.

Adam Gillard wrote:Weird question in University Challenge stated "To the nearest factor of 10", where the eventual answer was 80. That's a multiple of 10 and not a factor unless they've changed maths again?

It's the question-setter's fault, undoubtedly, but have you noticed that Paxman almost seems to take a pride in his complete ignorance of maths and science of all types? It's really weird and makes him look like a real tool, especially when he's castigating some astrophysicist on her mispronunciation of the name of some obscure 19th Century poet.

Adam Gillard wrote:Surprised no posts about Haemangioma being on the show last week, just catching up! The intro mentioned our Rach as an alumna of Oriel College, Oxford as well. Not quite a quattrocento but 150 is a decent score and nice to see Eoin smiling and enjoying the experience as well .

Thanks, Adam! Hope nobody was too incensed at our complete balls-up in the music round

Adam Gillard wrote:Weird question in University Challenge stated "To the nearest factor of 10", where the eventual answer was 80. That's a multiple of 10 and not a factor unless they've changed maths again?

(I'm a little behind this series on Sky+).... noticed that too at the time. I assumed the answer had to be 10, 100, 1000 etc. Which doesn't make sense either, I suppose.

So that was Giles then? I did wonder (I tuned in late so didn't see the introductions and for some reason thought it wasn't; I'm unsure why but I thought he was a bit older). And yes, they did very well indeed, looking forward to their next appearance.

So that was Giles then? I did wonder (I tuned in late so didn't see the introductions and for some reason thought it wasn't; I'm unsure why but I thought he was a bit older). And yes, they did very well indeed, looking forward to their next appearance.

Was this on UC or OC? I missed both

COUNTDOWN or THETUBE? Which is better? There's only one way to find out....

So that was Giles then? I did wonder (I tuned in late so didn't see the introductions and for some reason thought it wasn't; I'm unsure why but I thought he was a bit older). And yes, they did very well indeed, looking forward to their next appearance.

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So that was Giles then? I did wonder (I tuned in late so didn't see the introductions and for some reason thought it wasn't; I'm unsure why but I thought he was a bit older). And yes, they did very well indeed, looking forward to their next appearance.

I wasn't sure that you had it this time when that last clue went unanswered, but well done! Disappointed with Phyl's introduction though, I had already said "it's MC Stylez!" before the host mentioned rapping and neglected to use that stage name.

What the Dickens happened there, Eoin? In all seriousness, the opposing team were on fire, credit to them for a top-notch performance. They even got all the bonuses on Northern Ireland, so no complaints there!

Adam Gillard wrote:What the Dickens happened there, Eoin? In all seriousness, the opposing team were on fire, credit to them for a top-notch performance. They even got all the bonuses on Northern Ireland, so no complaints there!

Didn't they miss the Armagh one? But yeah, unlucky lads. Even though it did make me say 'Eoin, you penis' out loud when he said strange.

Adam Gillard wrote:What the Dickens happened there, Eoin? In all seriousness, the opposing team were on fire, credit to them for a top-notch performance. They even got all the bonuses on Northern Ireland, so no complaints there!

Didn't they miss the Armagh one? But yeah, unlucky lads. Even though it did make me say 'Eoin, you penis' out loud when he said strange.

Cheers lads! A shame to go out on such a poor performance, but Bristol were on fire against us and as a team lacking Science skills, we really had no chance on any of the Science questions.

The audience had a good laugh whenever Bristol were awarded the Northern Ireland bonuses, and it was a struggle not to want to shout the answers!

RE the quarks; not gonna lie, by this stage I knew we were out and that I hadn't buzzed in yet - as soon as Jeremy mentioned quarks I ran through them in my head (saying up!) - and wanted to hear my name one more time, but knew I couldn't pause to think too much or Bristol's scientists would get there first so plumped for one that seemed logical. Knew as soon as I said it what the right answer was.

Oh well, was a terrific experience and we were outclassed. Was just very glad to have had a chance to take part given Oriel's hiatus from the show for over a decade.

Apterous 'unlimited' format fans will have been pleased to see MATAMATA and CARACARA included in UC questions last week.

A lot of Only Connect was outrageously difficult again this week. And I thought it was incredibly harsh not to allow human figures on the logos of the NBA, Kappa etc, because they're specifically 'silhouettes of human figures'.

Wooow! Got a bit overexcited applauding at nearly midnight catching up on this! When they had that double music round and Bristol were miles ahead I thought it was all over purely from a time perspective - well done Giles and Warwick!